阴山山脉东段花粉通量及其与表土花粉比较研究

阴山山脉东段蛮汉山和大青山山顶草甸、桦木林、虎榛子灌丛、人工油松林及杂草草原5个植被类型花粉通量与表土花粉对比研究发现,不同植被类型及同一植被类型不同样点花粉通量和花粉浓度差异明显,捕捉器样品花粉源区面积小于表土样品,能较好地反映样品点周围植被组成,但受虫媒植物和局地植物花粉影响,与表土样品花粉组合差异明显;表土样品中松属、桦属、蒿属及藜科花粉含量多高于捕捉器样品,表明这些花粉不仅易于传播,而且在表土中具有较强的保存能力;禾本科花粉具低代表性,花粉保存能力较低.地层花粉分析中应引起注意.     

天山南坡阔克沙勒岭地区表土花粉分布特征

表土花粉组合及其与现代植被分布的对应关系,是利用地层花粉开展古植被与古气候重建的基础。本文通过对阔克沙勒岭地区60个表土花粉样品,运用聚类分析和降趋势对应分析方法研究探讨天山南坡表土花粉分布规律及影响因素。结果表明,(1)蒿属(Artemisia)、藜科(Chenopodiaceae)花粉呈超代表性,蒿属/藜科值的大小可指示湿度变化,还可用于区分荒漠和荒漠草原植物群落;麻黄属(Ephedra)、莎草科(Cyperaceae)花粉代表性较好,在表土花粉组合中优势明显;禾本科(Poaceae)代表性偏低,推测与其自身花粉产量、群落物种多样性等因素有关;(2)阔克沙勒岭地区各植被带花粉组合特征显著,灌木/半灌木荒漠带麻黄属、藜科花粉含量高,蒿属、白刺属(Nitraria)、柽柳属(Tamarix)在各自分布区得到应有体现;禾本科花粉由于低代表性而在荒漠草原带、高寒草原带的优势不明显,在高寒草原带含量略高;莎草科花粉在嵩草草甸带组合中含量居首位,体现出了其在该植被带中的优势;(3)聚类分析和降趋势对应分析在阔克沙勒岭表土花粉研究中能划分识别植被带,降趋势对应分析揭示湿度是影响植被分布的主要因素...     

中国阿尔泰山西部表土花粉研究

阿尔泰山是个完整的自然地域综合体,自然地理要素垂直地带性分异显著,对花粉搬运、沉积、保存有较大影响。根据对中国阿尔泰山西部53个表土样品花粉谱特征分析,基于植物群落样方物种调查结果,运用聚类分析和主成分分析方法,探讨了该区域表土花粉与现代植被分布的对应关系。研究表明(1)阿尔泰山西部表土花粉组合与现代植被分布基本一致,各植被带均存在特有的花粉组合,荒漠草原带蒿属—藜科—禾本科—麻黄属组合优势明显,草原灌丛带以禾本科—蒿属—蔷薇科—藜科组合为主,山地森林带表现为云杉属(或云杉属+冷杉属)—桦木属—蔷薇科—禾本科—莎草科组合,亚高山灌丛带以桦木属—禾本科—柳属—莎草科组合为主,高山草甸带表现为唇形科—禾本科—桦木属—蔷薇科—莎草科组合。聚类分析可将各植被带准确鉴别开,主成分分析表明湿度是影响其分布的主导因素。(2)云杉属、冷杉属、蔷薇科、桦木属、柳属、豆科、麻黄属、禾本科、蒿属、藜科、菊科、唇形科、莎草科、唐松草属含量高、变化幅度大,为该区域主要的表土花粉类型。其中,云杉属、桦木属代表性较好,禾本科、冷杉属、莎草科代表性较低,藜科、蒿属具超代表性。花粉含量高低除自身因素外,某些科(属)还可...     

内蒙古中部四子王旗荒漠草原过渡带表土花粉分析

通过研究内蒙古中部四子王旗地区的表土花粉,试图揭示荒漠草原地区小尺度范围中表土花粉的植被和气侯指示意义.源自4个不同植物群落的19块表土花粉显示:研究区表土花粉组合主要以草本植物蒿属(Artemisia)、藜科(Chenopodiaceae)花粉占优势,两者百分含量一般在60%以上;禾本科(Poaceae)花粉具低代表性,平均含量在5%左右;另含有一定数量的白刺属(Nitraria)、麻黄属(Ephedra)、菊科(Asteraceae)和葱属(Allium)等花粉为特征.笔者首次提出的(蒿属+禾本科+菊科)/(白刺属+麻黄属+藜科)百分比值,有效地揭示了研究区北部较南部要干旱,与A/C比值及当地现生植被生境和气候因子相吻合.研究结果对我国内陆干旱、半干旱荒漠草原区第四纪古植被的恢复,以及古气候的重建提供了参照依据.     

青藏高原南部米拉山东、西坡表土花粉与现代植被关系研究

本文通过分析西藏米拉山东、西坡不同植被类型23个表土花粉样品,结合现代植被样方调查资料,探讨了米拉山地区表土花粉组合与现代植被的关系。结果显示,米拉山地区的表土花粉组合特征基本上能够反映出现代植被类型特征,但是在科属类别,组成方面又存在一定的差异性。同时,米拉山地区主要花粉类型代表性R值分析结果表明,灌木植物花粉杜鹃属具有低代表性,草本植物花粉蒿属、禾本科具有超代表性,而莎草科与蓼属则具有低代表性,这为本地区及相似地区古气候重建提供了基础和验证资料。     

贵州省宽阔水亮叶水青冈林的数量分类

亮叶水青冈(Fagus lucido) 是我国水青冈属植物中分布较广的一种,常与一些耐寒的常绿阔叶树种构成落叶、常绿阔叶混交林,或形成单优群落镶嵌于落叶、常绿阔叶混交林带内,在较高的山体上亦与常绿针叶,常绿、落叶阔叶树种形成针阔混交林。各种亮叶水青冈林是亚热带山地植被垂直带谱的一个重要组成分子。贵州省宽阔水林区保存有集中连片,面积较大,原生性较强的亮叶水青冈林,是该林区森林植被的主体。本文是应用聚类分析和极点排序的数量分类方法对宽阔水林区亮叶水青冈林类型进行划分并对类型的分布规律、优势种的分布格局和生境梯度的变化进行分析的初步研究。     

内蒙古中部表土花粉研究

采用花粉百分含量分析和主成分分析方法对内蒙古中部表土花粉与植被的关系进行了对比研究 ,探讨了草原花粉组合的特点及其形成原因。研究发现 ,草原区表土花粉以藜科和蒿属 ( Artemisia)为主 ,并以前者占优势地位 ,麻黄属 ( Ephedra)亦较常见。草原区植被的 A/C(蒿属 /藜科 )值较干旱区草原植被为低 ,分布规律也较干旱区复杂 ,但仍能反应干旱程度的差别 ,而且还反映了草原植被的退化程度。松属 ( Pinus)和桦属 ( Betula)的花粉在个别样品中占有较大比例 ,是环境噪音 (指外源性的、超代表性的花粉 )的主要来源。不同植被类型在花粉组合上各有特点 ,可以从花粉百分含量的数量特征上进行区分。在研究中还发现草原区的严重退化在花粉组合上具有明显表现     

新疆表土中云杉花粉与植被的关系

通过对新疆天山、阿尔泰山、昆仑山、塔里木盆地、准噶尔盆地不同植被带中所取的 131个表土样中云杉花粉含量进行百分比统计分析 ,从而确定了影响表土中云杉花粉含量的主要因素是距云杉林地距离、海拔高度、气流和水流等。进而指出在荒漠、荒漠草原表土中云杉花粉含量稳定在 5 %以下 ;林带内表土中云杉花粉含量稳定在 30 %以上 ;在森林线以上的亚高山、高山草甸、高山垫状植被以及高山流石滩植被中表土中云杉花粉含量主要受气流的影响 ,而平原河谷林和平原低地草甸表土中的云杉含量则受水流的制约。     

中国草原区主要群落类型花粉组合特征

现代表土花粉组合与植被关系研究是推断过去植被演化的基础。对中国草原区 39个样点进行植被调查及表土花粉分析的研究结果表明 ,表土花粉组合可反映出草原植被的总体特征。大多数样品中乔木花粉百分比低于 5 %。蒿属、藜科是草原区所有样品花粉组合中最主要的成分 ,两者在花粉组合中所占比例多大于 5 0 % ,且人类活动越强或气候越干旱 ,蒿属、藜科花粉所占百分比越高。花粉组合不能反映群落结构特征 ,如建群种、结构、盖度等的差异在花粉组合中表现不出来。即使以禾本科为建群种的草原群落 ,禾本科花粉所占比例也多低于 10 %。花粉浓度在草原区花粉与植被关系研究中意义不明确。典型草原与荒漠草原花粉组合存在明显区别 ,无倾向性对应分析 (DCA)分析表明 ,典型草原区样品在第一排序轴的排序值多高于 0 ,荒漠草原区样品的排序值小于 0 ;典型草原区藜科花粉百分比一般低于 2 5 % ,花粉类型多样性指数大于 2 ,当蒿藜占花粉总数的 5 0 %以上时 ,蒿藜比值大于 2。荒漠草原区藜科花粉含量多高于 2 5 % ,蒿藜比值多为 0 .5～ 2 ,花粉类型多样性指数多为 1～ 2。蒿属花粉属超代表性 ,但在蒿类建群的群落中 ,蒿属花粉多低于其在植被中的百分比     

长白山北坡表土花粉组合及数量分析

吉林长白山植被垂直地带性是欧亚大陆从温带到寒带植被水平地带性的真实对照。通过对长白山北坡不同植物群落21个样点表土花粉组合及其与群落组成数量关系的分析,结果发现:(1)木本植物花粉占76.1%,木本植物与草本植物花粉比值(AP/NAP)约3.2,以桦属和松属为主;(2)岳桦云冷杉林和岳桦林花粉组合能较好地反映植物群落组成;红松云冷杉林花粉组合只能部分反映植物群落外貌;红松林的花粉组合不能较好反映植被特征;高山苔原花粉组合未能反映植物群落数量特征;(3)主要花粉类型中松属和桦属花粉具超代表性,云杉属、杜鹃花科和蔷薇科花粉具低代表性;(4)通过花粉相对含量,DCA分析能较好地区分不同植被类型,但是红松林与红松云冷杉林、岳桦云冷杉林无法区分。本研究可为本区古植被与古环境恢复提供新证据。     

NEW INTERPRETATION OF THE INFLORESCENCE OF FAGUS DRAWN FROM THE DEVELOPMENTAL STUDY OF FAGUS CRENATA,WITH DESCRIPTION OF AN EXTREMELY MONSTROUS CUPULE

The inflorescence of Fagus is generally considered to be a determinate one, i.e., an axillary dichasium, in contrast to those of most genera in the family, which are indeterminate, dichasial, or simple catkins. To understand the relationship between the two types, ontogenetic development of the inflorescence of Fagus crenata was investigated. The early developmental stages are similar in both the male and the female inflorescences. At first, the inflorescence is oval-shaped, then a swelling forms at the distal side of it. Subsequently, another swelling forms at the proximal side. The more or less conspicuous residual part of the primary inflorescence axis remains between the two swellings. The inflorescence becomes heart-shaped and the first flower forms at the summit of each swelling. Subsequently, higher-ordered flowers form dichasially in the male inflorescence, and the cupule valves differentiate in the female one. This organogenetic manner suggests that the inflorescence of Fagus is an indeterminate one, consisting of two dichasia arranged alternately on the primary axis. The scale leaves surrounding the inflorescence were also given a new interpretation. They were considered to be stipules of the bracts, because sometimes they constitute a continuous structure, together with an inconspicuous swelling between them. A proliferous-type monstrous cupule was interpreted as supporting evidence for the hypothesis.     

POLLEN WALL ULTRASTRUCTURE OF SELECTED DISPERSED MONOSULCATE POLLEN FROM THE CENOMANIAN,DAKOTA FORMATION,OF CENTRAL USA

Seven dispersed monosulcate pollen taxa from the Dakota Formation of Minnesota, Nebraska, and Kansas were examined ultrastructurally. Rugubivesiculites rugosus has gymnosperm affinities based on its anasulcate aperture and the presence and nature of the formation of sacci. Stellatopollis sp. has exine sculpturing restricted to taxa with angiosperm affinities and is monosulcate. The affinities of the other five monosulcate taxa are uncertain and the exines are tectategranular. The sulcus in many of the remaining five taxa are flanked by small flange-like sacci. These five taxa have features found in gymnosperms and also some features of primitive extant angiosperms. The combination of characters of the pollen types presented here does not entirely agree with our current concept of primitive pollen characters as understood from extant ranalean angiosperms.     

EFFECTS OF SOIL NITROGEN ON POLLEN PRODUCTION,POLLEN GRAIN SIZE,AND POLLEN PERFORMANCE IN CUCURBITA PEPO (CUCURBITACEAE)

To determine the effects of soil nitrogen on pollen production, pollen size, and pollen performance, two cultivars of zucchini (Cucurbita pepo) were grown under two nitrogen regimes in an experimental garden. The two cultivars were true breeding for alternative alleles for a one gene trait, ovary color. The soil nitrogen treatment had a significant effect on most measures of reproductive output through the female function. The nitrogen treatment did not affect the number of staminate flowers per plant but did have an effect on the number of pollen grains per staminate flower and the mean pollen grain size. A pollen mixture experiment revealed that pollen produced by plants in the high nitrogen treatment sired significantly more seeds than pollen from low nitrogen plants. Moreover, we found that the high nitrogen pollen sired even a greater percentage of seeds in the region of the fruit (ovary) previously shown to be fertilized by the fastest growing pollen tubes. Thus, the difference in the number of seeds sired by pollen from the two nitrogen treatments is due to differences in pollen performance. We conclude that spatial heterogeneity in soil nitrogen can influence the paternity of seeds in a plant population.     

SOLUBILITY OF POLLEN EXINES

The sporopollenin of pollen exines of Ambrosia trifida is soluble in fused potassium hydroxide, in strong oxidizing solutions, and in certain organic bases. It is insoluble in other organic and inorganic acids and bases, in lipid solvents, and in detergents. The outer exine layer of gymnosperm and angiosperm pollen dissolves in 2-aminoethanol. The inner exine layer, as well as the exine of pteridophyte spores, is insoluble. The exine dissolution process in 2-aminoethanol involves swelling and disintegration of exine structures, leaving some residual globules. Sporopollenin shares some solubility properties with lignin and cutin but appears to be chemically distinct from these substances.